GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| minuscule | very small |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| irate | roused to ire |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
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| rig | to fit out with rigging |